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Former Putin allies question his political coursehttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3450916-putin-allies-question-political-course.html
MOSCOW (AP) — As Russian President Vladimir Putin marks 15 years since he was first elected, his former long-term allies are questioning his political course and warning of the economic consequences of his aggressive foreign policy.
Putin's approval ratings peaked last year as the Kremlin annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula and have stayed at record high ...Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:25:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3450916-putin-allies-question-political-course.html2015-03-31T16:25:00ZSaudi Arabia, Egypt show discord over Syriahttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3449636-saudi-arabia-egypt-discord-syria.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt and Saudi Arabia are cooperating militarily to thwart a power grab in Yemen by Shiite rebels, but the agreement on how to deal with the region's complex and intertwined conflicts may stop there. The two countries' diverging interests were evident at the Arab summit over the weekend, particularly over the crises in Syria and Libya.
In Sy...Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:35:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3449636-saudi-arabia-egypt-discord-syria.html2015-03-30T19:35:00ZAP Interview: Ukraine PM: Russia could spark new offensivehttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3444284-ap-interview-ukraine-pm-russia-spark-offensive.html
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia plans to eliminate Ukraine as an independent state and could spark a new offensive in the east to achieve that aim, Ukraine's prime minister told The Associated Press on Friday.
Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, in an interview at his office in Kiev, said Russia was uninterested in de-escalating Ukraine's conflict with separati...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:32:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3444284-ap-interview-ukraine-pm-russia-spark-offensive.html2015-03-27T21:32:00ZOfficial: 1,500 North Caucasus people fight in Iraq, Syriahttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3443770-official-1500-north-caucasus-people-fight-iraq-syria.html
MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian official says about 1,500 residents of Russia's North Caucasus are fighting alongside Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.
Sergei Melikov, President Vladimir Putin's envoy to the North Caucasus, says at least five militants who came back after fighting in Syria were killed in security sweeps last year. Melikov said Thu...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:57:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3443770-official-1500-north-caucasus-people-fight-iraq-syria.html2015-03-27T16:57:00ZRussian military TV station offers job to Jeremy Clarksonhttp://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/3443090-russian-military-tv-station-offers-job-to-jeremy-clarkson.html
MOSCOW (AP) — A television station owned by the Russian defense ministry is offering a job to former "Top Gear" host Jeremy Clarkson.
The BBC announced Wednesday that it wouldn't renew Clarkson's contract after a fracas with a producer, ending his connection to the immensely popular program. The Zvezda TV channel published a letter to Clarkson on its webs...Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:41:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/3443090-russian-military-tv-station-offers-job-to-jeremy-clarkson.html2015-03-27T08:41:00ZPutin says Russia will stand firm in standoff with Westhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3441110-putin-russia-will-stand-firm-standoff-with-west.html
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday voiced confidence that Russia will come out as a winner in its standoff with the West if it firmly stands its ground.
Speaking before senior officials of the Federal Security Service, the main successor to the KGB agency, Putin said "the situation around our country will change for the better, but not bec...Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:49:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3441110-putin-russia-will-stand-firm-standoff-with-west.html2015-03-26T13:49:00ZRussian parliament to rule on opposition lawmakerhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3440842-russian-parliament-to-rule-opposition-lawmaker.html
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian parliament is to consider a prosecutors' request to proceed with legal action against the lone lawmaker who voted against the annexation of Crimea and is suspected of embezzlement.
State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin said Thursday the parliament received a request from Russian prosecutors to strip Ilya Ponomarev of immunity from ...Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:07:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3440842-russian-parliament-to-rule-opposition-lawmaker.html2015-03-26T09:07:00ZRussia's Putin fires governor arrested on corruption chargeshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3438264-russias-putin-fires-governor-arrested-corruption-charges.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday fired the governor of a far-flung region who has been arrested on charges of corruption.
Alexander Khoroshavin, governor of the island of Sakhalin just north of Japan, was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of receiving a bribe for building a power station. Investigators said they found 1 b...Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:11:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3438264-russias-putin-fires-governor-arrested-corruption-charges.html2015-03-25T11:11:00ZJordan, Russia sign $10 billion deal on nuclear power planthttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3437034-jordan-russia-sign-10-billion-deal-nuclear-power-plant.html
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan signed a $10 billion deal with Russia on Tuesday to build the kingdom's first nuclear power plant, with two 1,000-megawatt reactors in the country's north.
The deal, signed in the Jordanian capital, Amman, with Russia's state-owned Rosatom company caps efforts of the energy-poor kingdom to increase energy sufficiency and reduce...Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:31:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3437034-jordan-russia-sign-10-billion-deal-nuclear-power-plant.html2015-03-24T19:31:00ZPutin reviews war games, says more drills will comehttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3436822-putin-reviews-war-games-drills-will.html
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that a recent Russian military exercise has marked the beginning of a series of such drills this year, a show of force that comes amid a bitter strain with the West over Ukraine.
Reflecting the tensions, U.S. and other NATO forces staged maneuvers in the Baltics, and a convoy of U.S. troops has driven th...Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:17:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3436822-putin-reviews-war-games-drills-will.html2015-03-24T19:17:00ZSweden, NATO report Russian military planes over Baltic Seahttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3436044-sweden-nato-report-russian-military-planes-baltic-sea.html
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Swedish Air Force and NATO jets on Tuesday tracked four Russian combat aircraft flying with their transponders turned off over the Baltic Sea, officials said.
The Russian planes — two long-range, nuclear-capable Tu-22M3 bombers and two Sukhoi Su-27 fighters — were flying in international airspace, according to Sweden's Armed Forces an...Tue, 24 Mar 2015 17:51:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3436044-sweden-nato-report-russian-military-planes-baltic-sea.html2015-03-24T17:51:00ZEuropean far-right politicians in Russia to support Putinhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3432274-european-far-right-politicians-russia-to-support-putin.html
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Nationalist supporters of Russian President Vladimir Putin brought together controversial far-right politicians from across Europe on Sunday in an effort to demonstrate international support for Russia and weaken European Union commitment to sanctions imposed on Russia over its role in Ukraine.
Putin's critics pointed to the ...Sun, 22 Mar 2015 16:56:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3432274-european-far-right-politicians-russia-to-support-putin.html2015-03-22T16:56:00ZIran nuke talks break but top Russian official optimistichttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3428750-iran-nuke-talks-break-top-russian-official-optimistic.html
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Iran and six world powers broke off nuclear negotiations ahead of schedule Friday to allow members of the Iranian delegation to attend the funeral of their president's mother, as a senior Russian officials suggested that the sides were close to a deal.
Senior Russian negotiator Sergey Ryabkov told The Associated Press that whi...Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:11:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3428750-iran-nuke-talks-break-top-russian-official-optimistic.html2015-03-20T14:11:00ZPutin signs treaty integrating South Ossetia into Russiahttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3423442-putin-signs-treaty-integrating-south-ossetia-russia.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia tightened its control Wednesday over a second breakaway region of Georgia, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leader of South Ossetia signing a new treaty that calls for nearly full integration.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili denounced the signing as a "destructive" move against his nation's sovereignty and territ...Wed, 18 Mar 2015 19:01:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3423442-putin-signs-treaty-integrating-south-ossetia-russia.html2015-03-18T19:01:00ZPoland says it will match Russia's diplomatic hostilityhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3423380-poland-will-match-russias-diplomatic-hostility.html
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland will reciprocate if Russia continues to bill for Poland's diplomatic buildings in Russia, the foreign minister said Wednesday.
Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna spoke after the Arbitration Court in St. Petersburg allowed bailiffs to evict Poland's consulate there, saying Poland owes some $1 million in rent. The decision is se...Wed, 18 Mar 2015 18:55:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3423380-poland-will-match-russias-diplomatic-hostility.html2015-03-18T18:55:00ZRussia says drills prove ability to quickly deploy forceshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3423570-russia-drills-prove-ability-to-deploy-forces.html
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military has proven its capability to quickly deploy large forces to far-flung areas during massive war games that have spread from the nation's western border to the Pacific, the defense minister said Wednesday.
The show of military might comes as Russia marks the one-year anniversary of its annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, wh...Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:20:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3423570-russia-drills-prove-ability-to-deploy-forces.html2015-03-18T17:20:00ZPutin says Russia regained 'historic roots' in Crimeahttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3423692-putin-russia-regained-historic-roots-crimea.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Speaking to tens of thousands of cheering supporters just outside the Kremlin walls, President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday described Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula as a move to protect ethnic Russians there and regain the nation's "historic roots."
Addressing a rally marking the anniversary of the annexation, Putin also v...Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:42:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3423692-putin-russia-regained-historic-roots-crimea.html2015-03-18T16:42:00ZRussia to send new missiles to Baltic exclave on maneuvershttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3420666-russia-to-send-missiles-to-baltic-exclave-maneuvers.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia plans to station state-of-the art missiles in its westernmost Baltic exclave and deploy nuclear-capable bombers to Crimea as part of massive war games to showcase its resurgent military power amid bitter tensions with the West over Ukraine.
The Russian military exercises this week range from the Arctic to the Pacific Ocean and involve...Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:38:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3420666-russia-to-send-missiles-to-baltic-exclave-maneuvers.html2015-03-17T16:38:00ZPutin reappears in joking mood after 10-day absencehttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3418460-putin-reappears-joking-mood-10-day-absence.html
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Looking fit and joking about all the fuss over his unexplained 10-day absence from public view, President Vladimir Putin reappeared on Monday to quell the swirling speculation about the state of his health and his hold on power.
"It would be dull without gossip," Putin said with a smile during a meeting with Kyrgyzstan's pres...Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:11:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3418460-putin-reappears-joking-mood-10-day-absence.html2015-03-16T19:11:00ZRussian Crimea documentary sends message: Putin is in chargehttp://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/3419222-russian-crimea-documentary-sends-message-putin-charge.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Even while Vladimir Putin was still mysteriously absent, Russian TV delivered a clear message for Russians and foreigners alike: Putin is firmly in charge, and ready to use his country's military power to safeguard the interests of Russia and Russians.
A lavish 2 ½-hour documentary on Russia's annexation of Crimea aired late Sunday, and the ...Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:24:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/3419222-russian-crimea-documentary-sends-message-putin-charge.html2015-03-16T17:24:00ZRussia launches massive Arctic military drillshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3418378-russia-launches-massive-arctic-military-drills.html
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military on Monday launched sweeping military maneuvers in the Arctic and other areas, a show of force ordered by President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions with the West over Ukraine.
The five-day Arctic drills involving 38,000 servicemen, more than 50 surface ships and submarines and 110 aircraft are intended to check the...Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:08:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3418378-russia-launches-massive-arctic-military-drills.html2015-03-16T10:08:00ZPutin: Russia prepared raising nuclear readiness over Crimeahttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3417124-putin-russia-prepared-raising-nuclear-readiness-crimea.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia was ready to bring its nuclear weapons into a state of alert during last year's tensions over the Crimean Peninsula and the overthrow of Ukraine's president, President Vladimir Putin said in remarks aired on Sunday.
Putin also expanded on a previous admission that the well-armed forces in unmarked uniforms who took control of Ukrainia...Sun, 15 Mar 2015 16:27:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3417124-putin-russia-prepared-raising-nuclear-readiness-crimea.html2015-03-15T16:27:00ZPutin to meet Kyrgyz leader Monday after absence from viewhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3413730-putin-to-meet-kyrgyz-leader-monday-absence-view.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been out of public view for more than a week, will meet Monday with the president of Kyrgyzstan, the Kremlin announced Friday.
Putin earlier this week postponed a planned summit with the leaders of Kazakhstan and Belarus, drawing attention to his unusual long hiatus of public appearances and raising ...Fri, 13 Mar 2015 12:58:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3413730-putin-to-meet-kyrgyz-leader-monday-absence-view.html2015-03-13T12:58:00ZPutin's spokesman: Russian leader in "really perfect" healthhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3410634-putins-spokesman-russian-leader-really-perfect-health.html
MOSCOW (AP) — Speculation is swirling in Russia about the state of Vladimir Putin's health, as an unusual spell outside the public eye fuels the rumor mill. On Thursday, the Russian president's spokesman sought to quash such talk, saying in an interview that Putin's health is "really perfect."
Dmitry Peskov told The Associated Press that Putin has a busy ...Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:46:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3410634-putins-spokesman-russian-leader-really-perfect-health.html2015-03-12T18:46:00ZIn Nemtsov investigation, theories multiply in Russian mediahttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3411822-nemtsov-investigation-theories-multiply-russian-media.html
MOSCOW (AP) — The slaying of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov has been described as "the most significant political murder in recent Russian history." But the case remains steeped in mystery. As investigators home in on five suspects, dozens of versions of what motivated the killers have circulated across Russian media and the country's notoriously conspiratorial blogosphere....Thu, 12 Mar 2015 17:18:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/3411822-nemtsov-investigation-theories-multiply-russian-media.html2015-03-12T17:18:00ZBBC: Nemtsov's daughter says Putin to blame for deathhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3410564-bbc-nemtsovs-daughter-putin-to-blame-death.html
MOSCOW (AP) — The daughter of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov says that President Vladimir Putin is "politically" responsible for her father's death.
In an interview in Italy with the BBC, Zhanna Nemtsova said that her father was "a critic of Putin, he fought with Putin, with nobody else," and said she blamed the president for his death. "Afte...Thu, 12 Mar 2015 07:39:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3410564-bbc-nemtsovs-daughter-putin-to-blame-death.html2015-03-12T07:39:00Z